NEW YORK — A dog named Tinkerbell was plucked Wednesday morning from frigid Jamaica Bay.
The New York Police Department Harbor Team was patrolling around 10 a.m. when they saw the freezing dog, pulled her from the water and wrapped her in warm blankets, WABC reported.
While patrolling the #NYC waters a few minutes ago, our #Harbor members spotted this dog frantically trying to keep afloat in Jamaica Bay
— NYPD Special Ops (@NYPDSpecialops) January 20, 2021
They quickly pulled the dog from the freezing water, wrapped him up & immediately brought him to a local vet#RuffMorning
Updates to follow pic.twitter.com/7iBxplCmTy
The dog was taken to a veterinarian and later reunited with her owner.
“After failing her physical for the SCUBA Team, Tinkerbell has been reunited with her owner Jason,” NYPD said on social media. “Tinkerbell is in great health and is looking forward to sleeping all day.”
UPDATE
— NYPD Special Ops (@NYPDSpecialops) January 20, 2021
A happy ending to a cold wet morning
After failing her physical for the #SCUBA Team, Tinkerbell has been reunited with her owner Jason
Tinkerbell is in great health & is looking forward to sleeping all day
Thanks to our Harbor members for making this reunion paw-ssible pic.twitter.com/mylSj4wh2H
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